Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-07-08

Mr.. Ballet was obliged to hurry through
his address This was misfortune as
those whose privilege it was to hear the
lecture will testify The following is an
abstract Of Mr.. Balliets remarks.
ADDRESS OF MIR. BALLET.
with reference to cultivated feelings we
are apt to assume that the child has all
the faculties that the adult has The
emotional feelings develop comparatively
late in life. Feelings that grow out of the
Instinct of self-preservation develop them
selves very early, but the unselflsh feelings
like love and generosity show themselves
ia'e IN Ire. we mistake moral instruc
ton for moral culture. There is therefore
a memory of the feelings ami memory of
the WILL How SHALL we call these feelings
into exercise Not by talking about
them in the abstract. but by the complete
thought. The rIOb,em OF getting rid of
wrong fec!in-- IS worthy of notice. A fac
ulty of the lH,nd can be weakened by
dlsuse or Us strong thought concerning it.
ms OF co r'o IS AT true of physical pain.
The law Oi dc rement is an interesting
one. We can gel rid of one emotion by
calling up another. You cannot drive one
emotion OF the htYW without putting an
o;hpr iDitS place. Conscience deveISpe rs
very gradually, ana t,.t emotional part Of
Conscience especially so. DO not there
lore expose children to a strain of this
sort. Inc Self-repOrting system of our
schools and the practice of putting Young
boys where they have the handling Of
much money is wrong. We associate our
feelings Of early happiness with the coun-
try IN which we lived. Our woods are de
peodent on the objects we look at and on
the objects we entertain.
PRESIDENT HUI announced the appoint
ment of the following committees and the
morning session was then declared closed ::
Committee on resOlutiOus-T. j. Nor
gan of Rhode Island, W J. COrthtli Of
Maine, Juetus Dartt of Vermont f.. r..
Goodwin of New Hampshire, a. l.. Good
rich Of Massacnu-ettS. j. ID. BARLEY OF
Connecticut
Committee on nominationS-G A. Wal
ton of Massachusetts, > w. LandOn of
Vermont, A. f. Ptase of Rhode Island, f.
i. sampson of Maine. +. +. Barrows of
Connecticut, Henry Whittemore of Mas
SachusettS.
The excursion on the Reindeer in the
afternoon was enjoyed by ABOUT 250 of the
members of the institute The trip con
sisted of a ride over to Port Kent, thence
through the islands with an hours stop
at Providence island.
At half past seven in the evening the
Howard Opera House orchestra gave a
fine concert inthe opera house. BY eight
O'Clock the hall was filled to over flowing
to listen to a lecture by Rev II & Spauld
ing of Boston. His subject was "How
Pompeli was Destroyed, and the lecture
proved one of the most inter
citing as well as instructive ever
given in the opera house. 1t wa.
finely illustrated with au abundance of
stereoptican views and of a lecture of this
nature 1t is impossible to give any sort of
an abstract. The speaker fl. st showed
map of Campania showing the position of
Pompeii. Following this and aided by
the views he gave an account of the prob
able formation of the earth and cause Of
the eruption of Vesuvus Pompeii direct
~ after the eruption; views of the
city and interiors of the houses before
the disturbance in 10 and Pompeii
as it is to-day. The views in themselves
were pleasure to look at, one in particu-
lar, Nesuvius in eruption. meeting with
the applause of the house. Mr.. Spauld-
in3 is a pleasing speaker, bubbing over
with wit and, where the occasion de
mands it. eloquent. The lecture will long
be remembered as a rich treat by those
who heard it.